Since its establishment in 2006, the SISSA Cerebral Cortex Development Lab has been sustained by a number of funding bodies including:
- Telethon
- Fondation Jerome Lejeune
- CURE Foundation
- International FOXG1 Research Foundation
- Fondazione GFD
- Fondazione Federica per la Vita
- Beneficentia Stiftung
- Italian Ministry of Education University and Research
- Region Friuli Venezia Giulia
- SISSA